"I was on the banana farm when I receive the message, I felt so happy because farm products could not be transported. The first thing, I am a student and have three children attending school but had some difficulties in paying their school fees, this was my first thought."

"I was home when I got the money, I was so excited and could not hold back the joy, I thought of my children school fees."

"The first thing I opted to do upon withdrawing the money was to settle a debt of $44. I borrowed this money from a neighbor two weeks before receiving the transfer to settle some school fees issues for my three children who had been sent out of school for fees. I was glad that GiveDirectly enabled me to pay on time since I was still waiting for customers to buy my charcoals to pay the debt. Thereafter, I bought a sack of maize for $62 so that I could have food security at home while concentrating on other things. After that, I opted to build a house using the remaining amount of money. I opted for this because I did not have a decent house. The house I had was very small, congested, and collapsing thus it was unsafe to dwell in."

"GiveDirectly is doing well by respecting the decisions we make as to how we spend our cash."

"GiveDirectly is doing well with their Cash Transfer because without it i would have still been sleeping on a mat living in this old house without any hope of building a different one."

"My plan for the most recent cash Transfer is to go back to my vocational(catering) school as i dropped out because i couldnt afford the fees."

"Feeding my family is one of my paramount concern therefore, instead of spending extra money for food i would want to start a farm that will support my family in terms of feeding."

"want to see myself as a business woman who will always have the opportunity of having cash with me so as to be able to cater to my family at any point in time."

"I have decided to renovate my house and buy a mattress with my most recent transfer as my house is very old and the zinc have holes in them thereby making it to leak when ever rain falls while my children mattress was very old and small,the three of them barely fitted on it."

"In the years to come i would be so happy if i would see myself alive and stronger managing my farm and yielding more produce."